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Another Study Confirms Solar’s Popularity Among Australia’s Battlers

Australian electricity bill study

That solar power is a plaything for the rich is a myth that has been busted time and again, but it never hurts to have a fresh reminder given the furphy still regularly pops up. [Read more…]

Solar Panels For Woolworths’ Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre

Woolworths - solar energy

Woolworths’ expansion of its Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre (ARDC) at Gepps Cross will include the installation of a commercial-scale solar power system. [Read more…]

JinkoSolar Ruled The Roost For Solar Panel Shipments In 2018

2018 Solar Panel Shipment Rankings

China’s JinkoSolar led the pack again in 2018 for solar panel shipments states a new report from data and analytics company GlobalData. [Read more…]

Craig Kelly Calls SA Big Battery A Failure – After It Works Exactly As Expected

Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly MP and the Big Battery

Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly is upset the SA big battery is not magical.

Craig Kelly is…

  • A Liberal Member of Parliament.
  • A supporter of health damaging and environmentally destructive coal power.
  • The only Federal MP with a nuclear reactor lodged in his seat.
  • A man who resembles a big cuddly koala bear with a shaved face.

Recently he published a 419 word essay on his facebook page titled, “THE GREAT BATTERY CONJOB EXPOSED”. [Read more…]

Australian Coal Power Will Be Quickly Killed By Low Cost Renewables

Coal being pushed out by wind and solar power

Low Cost Renewables Will Soon Drive Coal Power Out Of The Market

Last month the entire country sweltered under an oppressive heatwave — except the half known as Western Australia.  As air conditioner power consumption soared on the 25th, 40% of Victoria’s coal generators failed followed by rolling blackouts. When faced with this incontrovertible evidence of coal’s unreliability, the government dedicated itself to the rapid phaseout of coal under its “affordable, reliable 24/7 power” program.

Sorry, only kidding.  What they actually did was offer to pay the debts of new coal power stations that go bust. [Read more…]

NSW Government Strikes Back With Battery/ Solar + Storage Support

NSW solar and storage loans

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New South Wales’ Berejiklian Government is hoping to win votes with its promise of interest-free loans for solar batteries and solar power + battery systems. [Read more…]

NSW Labor Pledges Solar Rebate For 500,000 Households

Labor's NSW solar rebate

Image: Michael Daley

NSW Labor likely had the Liberals in a flap on the weekend with the announcement of a generous solar rebate should it win the upcoming state election. [Read more…]

Go- Ahead For Carisbrook Solar Farm

Carisbrook Solar Farm
Victoria’s Central Goldfields Shire Council has granted a planning permit for the Carisbrook Solar Farm project, which will incorporate energy storage. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council - Solar Energy
Several of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula Shire’s largest buildings are about to become clean power stations harnessing the energy of the sun. [Read more…]

Solar Panel Scammers Active In Perth’s South-East

Solar panel scams

Image: MrRick

Door-to-door solar power system sales have somewhat of a bad reputation. Unfortunately, it’s well-deserved. [Read more…]

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